Rights Beautiful Collection of Professor Saneh Chamarik knowledge, our main concern here, also falls within the purview in such global democratic perspective. It is worthwhile then to briefly inquire into how well it fares under the auspices of the United Nations, so as to get the idea as to what more needs to be done and how. This leads us to the second point: that is, the question of international law and order and that of human freedom and progress. For the purpose, I shall gratefully draw on part of one IUCN-commissioned study under the rubric: Traditional Resource Rights: International Instruments for Protection and Compensation for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.6 This is just to give a rough outline of what is in stock with regard to the existing state of international human rights instruments, both legally binding and not legally binding. Those legally binding consist of four main agreements: UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1976, UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1976, International Labour Organization Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (ILO169) 1989, and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992. For those with non-legal binding, three deserve to be referred to here as guidelines for further action: UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DDRIP) 1994, UN Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment (DDHRE) 1994, and the Leipzig Declaration on Farmers’ Rights. From these somewhat scattered provisions, a number of relevant points could be drawn with regard to the traditional resource rights of indigenous peoples, as follows. (i) Self-determination and development; (ii) Disposal of natural wealth and resources; (iii) Protection of minority culture; (iv) Religious freedom; 6 Darrell A. Posey, Traditional Resource Rights: International Instruments for Protection and Compensation for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, IUCN – The World Conservation Union, 1996, particularly Chapters 1-5. 30 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF THAILAND